INSTITUTES & WORKSHOPS
Writing Fellows Program and Spring Writing Across the Curriculum Institute
The Writing Across the Curriculum Writing Fellows program is a professional
enrichment experience focused on planning and offering courses that infuse
writing. It is for any interested faculty member who will be teaching a
Writing-Intensive (WI) course in the major or who wishes to incorporate writing
into his/her Gen Ed or other courses.
Writing Fellows participate in a week-long Writing Across the Curriculum
Institute held each spring. Participants use the Institute as an opportunity to
develop or prepare to teach a WI or other course that uses writing. Topics
addressed in the Institute include addressing the WI and other writing outcomes,
integrating writing outcomes with other course outcomes and objectives, planning
and giving writing assignments, supporting student writing, assigning formal and
informal writing, grading and assessing writing, and managing the paper load in
a writing-intensive course. We also discuss strategies for assessing courses
that use writing, and we address how to train and mentor other faculty members
who may also be teaching WI or other courses that use writing.
Writing Fellows will receive a $1,000 honorarium for participating in the
Institute. They benefit from ongoing consultations and from access to electronic
resources, including instructional materials that assist them with teaching
their course(s). Writing Fellows also benefit from interaction and discussion
about student writing with other colleagues from across campus.
Up to 15 faculty members are selected each year to participate in the Spring
Writing Institute and in the Writing Fellows program for the following academic
year. Faculty members must be available for all five days of the Institute.
Applications
can be sent to Dr. Ann Blakeslee via email (ann.blakeslee@emich.edu)
or via campus mail (English Department, 612 Pray-Harrold). Questions about the
Institute can also be directed to Ann.
The Writing Across the Curriculum Advanced Writing Fellows program is for
faculty members who have previously participated in a Writing Across the
Curriculum Spring or Summer Institute. Those who are teaching or helping to
coordinate the Writing-Intensive courses in the majors that are part of the
General Education program are especially encouraged to apply. The Institute is
focused on developing plans to assess WI and other writing-infused courses.
Advanced Writing Fellows participate in a three-day Advanced Writing Across the
Curriculum Institute. Participants use the Advanced Institute as an opportunity
to build on knowledge acquired in the initial Institute in which they
participated and to develop a targeted plan for assessing a Writing-Intensive or
writing-infused course. The three days are used to consider the WI and other
course writing outcomes, to pose questions about student progress and success in
relation to those outcomes, and to develop specific plans for investigating
those questions and for assessing particular WI and other writing-infused
courses. Faculty members leave the Institute with their questions and assessment
plans and are expected to carry out an assessment during the following school
year.
Advanced Writing Fellows receive a $500 honorarium for participating in the
Advanced Institute and an additional honorarium after they have completed their
assessment project. They also receive materials and resources that assist them
with their assessments.
Up to 12 faculty members are selected to participate in the Advanced Writing
Institute. Faculty members must have participated previously in a WAC Institute.
They must also be available for all three days of the Institute.
Applications
can be sent to Dr. Ann Blakeslee via email (ann.blakeslee@emich.edu)
or via campus mail (English Department, 612 Pray-Harrold). Questions about the
Institute can also be directed to Ann.
Fall 2009
Designing Effective Writing Assignments
Helping Students Incorporate Evidence and Use Sources
Assessing and Responding to Student Writing
Winter 2010